Here's what Paris had to say about the accusation during a recent interview:

"I was so shocked when I read that, too. First of all, I wasn't even driving that day. I just came back from Vegas with my boyfriend — and we were home relaxing. I hadn't even been in the car that day. I literally came with a driver from the airport went to my house. Then later on I read that, I'm like 'Dude, I wasn't even driving,' so I don't know. Maybe it was some other blonde girl who looked like me."

"There are a lot of Paris Hilton lookalikes, who do it for a living. They're always doing things and I'm getting blamed for it. So this could be another incident like that."

And in a new interview published on Thursday, the college student admitted that she received a ton of hateful messages -- including death and rape threats -- following the crybaby candidate's digital tantrum.

The now-19-year-old explained to The Washington Post that she couldn't have anticipated the kind of backlash she received, saying: